Family Owned Beekeeping CompaniesBeekeeping suppliesCompanies that have beekeeping stuff deal with all the equipment that is required for thisbusiness, like attire for bee keeping which is essential from head to torso, full body suits and justhead ge... Read more

Family Owned Beekeeping CompaniesBeekeeping suppliesCompanies that have beekeeping stuff deal with all the equipment that is required for thisbusiness, like attire for bee keeping which is essential from head to torso, full body suits and justhead gear. Along with this equipment they also sell journals and books on beekeeping to helppeople to understand this field better. Some of the better known beekeeping companies havebeen in the business for more than a hundred years.Books for providing short courses in beekeepingBeekeeping families have a lot of subsidiaries to the beekeeping business too. They use thebees wax to make candles and collect honey which is sold locally in the stores. The books haveinformation on candle making and collecting honey too apart from instructions on the mainbusiness which is bee keeping. These family businesses are mostly long standing ones andcontinue from one generation to the other.Businesses have advanced technologicallyStepping into the shoes of their ancestors has not been easy for many of the families. Onlythose families where the parents thought of the new technologies and got their businessmechanized with the latest equipment, and advertised with on the internet with their ownwebsites so that they could bring in more customers and higher profits, was the businessprofitable and worth running. For others the cost of maintaining an old business was too highand they could not handle the expenses anymore. As most descendants of beekeeping familiesknew no other business they preferred to stick to it, and if the financial situation was not good,then they became commercially owned businessesA business that once started as a hobby, with just about enough honey to put on toast andbiscuits in place of marmalade, became a big time business with the popularity of the use ofhoney. Earlier honey was not a very popular edible thing as people used sugar and molassesfor sweetening their food, but once they found that honey was much cheaper, beekeepingbecame popular and was taken up by many as an agricultural business. However, now the onlyHow To Become A Bee-Keeping Pro!problem is that people worry about the safety of the honey that is collected because of all thepesticides that are used. Now with organic foods being more popular and a movement byorganic food growers, there is a lot of honey that is free of pesticides. Now many families ownedcompanies supply bees wax for candle making and cosmetics to other manufacturers of thesecommodities..How To Become A Bee-Keeping Pro!California's Almond OrchardsPerfect almond growing conditions in CaliforniaAlmonds were initially found in central Asia and China, far away from California. Almonds werefirst brought to California by Franciscan priests, but they were not very successful in cultivatingalmonds here. It was almost 200 years later in 1900, that those who were interested in almondsfound that the climate and weather conditions in California were perfect for almond cultivation.Almost 6 thousand almond growers in the state, cultivated over half a million acres of land tocultivating almond orchards that were genetically far superior to what was available earlier.Almonds are grown successfully for commercial use only in California, and the main reason isthe climate in this state which is most suitable for growing almonds. Almond trees need coolwinters and hot summers and do not thrive in below zero conditions, and that is what exactly theclimate of California is. Bees are required for pollination as the almond trees are not selfpollinating. The almond trees are in full bloom in February and it is during this time that beekeepers set up their bee hives in the almond orchards so that the harvest may be lucrative forthe almond growers. Because of the inability of almond trees to self pollinate, the almondgrowers plant several varieties of almond trees.Harvesting of almondsAlmonds are harvested after August and in the beginning of October. Almonds have to beharvested when the shell splits and the nut dries up completely, because of this opening in theshell.When the almonds are ready to be harvested, the orchard owners have the areas swept cleanof all debris so that the area is completely clean. Once this has been done they call in themechanical tree shakers which shake the trees gently and all the dry almonds fall to the ground.They are left there to dry up completely. The well dried almonds are swept into rows and aredeposited in a huller after being collected mechanically.Almonds are high in nutritionAlmonds are a highly nutritious food as they contain vitamin E, Less